Vietnam Bans Hamsters as Pets
If you are the proud owner of a little hamster and you live in Vietnam, it is not your week.
Due to it being lunar Year of the Rat, there has been a huge increase in hamster ownership amongst Vietnamese residents. Real life hamster clubs and online hamster forums have sprung up everywhere and with the coming International Women’s Day, the Vietnamese government has decided to crack down on the hamster trend.
As of today, 10 March 2008, anyone caught possessing or trading a pet hamster will be fined up to $1,875 dollars.
So what will they do with all the hamsters? Well, there has been no mention of a plan for what to do with all the hamsters. People are likely to release their pet instead of killing them or risking the hefty fine, but that would just add to the concerns the government has for mass reproduction and spreading of disease.
“Destroying them all is really a big problem,” agriculture ministry official Nguyen Thanh Son was quoted as saying. “I think the Vietnam animal health department should take some samples, conduct tests and see how dangerous the hamsters in Vietnam really are.”
A new low for the Vietnam Communist government?
Oh yea, blame the communist government when things go wrong, but when things go right, no one mention anything with an innitial “c”.
uhm.. in my country, hamster was banned by the government but everyone still has it as a pet at home.. no harm done so far. the whole thing abt banning hamster is just a government’s good intention of trying to protect the ppl and the hamster from diseases that an un-registered hamster could bring.
dont just anyhow say bad thing abt the communist..
every government has its own flaws.
and human is not meant to feel satisfied easily.
this part abt human is annoying, always complain abt others and never do anything to make it right.
they are cute, b ut good desition
Can I has right for life?
I’m not sure who’s cuter, the girl or the hamster.
Shouldn’t it be rats though? What do they do in the year of the dragon, eh, eh? They can’t ALL have Hillary Clinton as a pet…
You can’t have Hillary as a pet she bites.
the only hamster that suck is Hämsterviel
no more hamtaro
YOU BASTARDS!!!
(>.<)
“A new low for the Vietnam Communist government?”
What-what-WTF? Would love to see you answer your own question Vincent. I have a feeling it could make my day.
OMFG i own 8 hamsters and i feel so sad for those abandoned hamsters I WOULD ADOPT ALL OF THEM ( yes i basicaly have a hous like a zoo 2 rabbits 8 hamsters and gazzillion tanks of fish )
i would never adopt one.
haha IS AN IDIOT! HAMSTERS ARE THE BEST PETS NEXT TO DOGS AND CHINCILLAS!
holy fuck!! why in hte hell would u wanna get rid of the hamsters??? they are so cute. i don’t own any right now bcuz my sister is allergic to animal fur so if she wasn’t i would have like 7 hamsters in my house.
OMG Yeah they have to BAN them why just not limit the number of hamsters per household to i dunno,10? I know the west govnerment does weird stuff too but THIS,THIS is just silly
Well, Thank GOD someone has taken a stand against the creeping hamster menace! Now for those insidious chipmunks………….Alvin, your time has COME! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!